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Untethered soft actuators for soft standalone robotics [PDF]

Nature Communications
Soft actuators produce the mechanical force needed for the functional movements of soft robots, but they suffer from critical drawbacks since previously reported soft actuators often rely on electrical wires or pneumatic tubes for the power supply, which
Yeongju Jung, Kangkyu Kwon, Jinwoo Lee, Seung Hwan Ko   +3 more
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A Review of Electrically Driven Soft Actuators for Soft Robotics [PDF]

Micromachines, 2022
In recent years, the field of soft robotics has gained much attention by virtue of its aptness to work in certain environments unsuitable for traditional rigid robotics.
Zhaoqi Ma, Dan Sameoto
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Soft material for soft actuators [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2017
The development of self-contained electrically driven soft actuators with high strain density is difficult. Here the authors show a single self-contained soft robust composite material that combines the elastic properties of a polymeric matrix and the ...
Aslan Miriyev, Kenneth Stack, Hod Lipson
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Alginate Sphere-Based Soft Actuators [PDF]

Gels
Alginate hydrogels offer distinct advantages as ionically crosslinked, biocompatible networks that can be shaped into spherical beads with high compositional flexibility.
Umme Salma Khanam, Hyeon Teak Jeong, Rahim Mutlu, Shazed Aziz   +3 more
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Self-sustainable autonomous soft actuators [PDF]

Communications Chemistry
Self-sustainable autonomous locomotion is a non-equilibrium phenomenon and an advanced intelligence of soft-bodied organisms that exhibit the abilities of perception, feedback, decision-making, and self-sustainment.
Zhen-Zhou Nie, Meng Wang, Hong Yang
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Soft Robotics: A Review of Recent Developments of Pneumatic Soft Actuators

Actuators, 2020
This paper focuses on the recent development of soft pneumatic actuators for soft robotics over the past few years, concentrating on the following four categories: control systems, material and construction, modeling, and sensors.
James Walker, Thomas Zidek, Cory Harbel, Sanghyun Yoon, F. Sterling Strickland, Srinivas Kumar, Minchul Shin   +6 more
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Self-Healing Polymeric Soft Actuators. [PDF]

Chem Rev, 2023
Natural evolution has provided multicellular organisms with sophisticated functionalities and repair mechanisms for surviving and preserve their functions after an injury and/or infection. In this context, biological systems have inspired material scientists over decades to design and fabricate both self-healing polymeric materials and soft actuators ...
Bonardd S, Nandi M, Hernández García JI, Maiti B, Abramov A, Díaz Díaz D.   +5 more
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Responsive soft actuators with MXene nanomaterials

Responsive Materials
Compared with traditional rigid actuators, soft actuators exhibit a large number of advantages, including enhanced flexibility, reconfigurability, and adaptability, which motivate us to develop artificial soft actuators with widespread applications. Soft
Shaoshuai Ma, Pan Xue, Yuqi Tang, Ran Bi, Xinhua Xu, Ling Wang, Quan Li   +6 more
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MXenes for Bioinspired Soft Actuators: Advancements in Angle-Independent Structural Colors and Beyond [PDF]

Nano-Micro Letters
Highlights MXene-based soft actuators with angle-independent structural colors have the potential to contribute to various fields, including display technologies, camouflage systems, sensors, and beyond.
Siavash Iravani, Rajender S. Varma
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Flexible Actuators for Soft Robotics [PDF]

Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2020
Rigid robots have taken on a variety of automated manufacturing tasks and have made a huge contribution to industrial development; however, they are not suitable for further wearable applications due to their rigid and bulky structure, poor environmental
Ying Yang, Yanxiao Wu, Cheng Li, Xiaoming Yang, Wei Chen   +4 more
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